http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news-centr...tml?cid=rsstsn
I have to admit I hate the wavey design, but like the etching. Maybe I'll grow on it.
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The killer whale and raven motifs featured on the 2010 Olympic medals are rooted in ancient aboriginal art, but the design concept - laser-etching the images onto big, undulating discs - is so demanding of modern technology it pushed an engineering team to the limit.
As the gold, silver and bronze medals were unveiled in the Olympic Village on Thursday, Renato Romozzi, design co-ordinator for corporate engineering at the Royal Canadian Mint, stood in the applauding crowd and felt like crying. For him, it was the triumphant end of a journey that from the outset had seemed impossible.
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